A Guide to Collecting Bamboos

Determination of Incisal Point as Anterior Guide to Transfer Maxillary Casts to Articulator: A Pilot Study

Objectives Despite the importance to use face-bow record for transferring maxillary cast to articulator some dentists use average points to avoid the time taken and ease of use. The location of incisal point could help to set the maxillary cast or denture in an appropriate position in mounting stage. This study was designed to determine the incisal point location in ante...

How to Become a Biostatistician: A study guide of Master's Degree in BioStatistics

Introduction: The aim of this study was to design of the study guide for the Master of BioStatistics program.  Methods: In order to develop the study guide, the literature was reviewed and the first draft of the study guide was compiled using the opinions of experts. Then the face and content validity of the index was assessed from the perspective of the faculty members of Biostatistics across...

Are There Wild Bamboos in Mexico?

Bamboos, unlike other grasses, mostly live in association with forests. Two different types of bamboos are recognized: the thick, hard “woody” bamboos, reaching up to 40 m tall, and the softer-stemmed “herbaceous” bamboos, rarely reaching more than 1 m tall. Worldwide, over 1,650 bamboo species are known, and although many people think of bamboos as Asian, 530 species (about one-third of total ...

A Guide to Therapeutics

A Guide to Cardiology

(Pp. 340. 50S). London: Balliere, Tindall & Cassell, 1965. DURING the past decade increasing emphasis has been placed on the advantages of treating many mentally ill patients outside the walls of the psychiatric hospital and not isolating them from the community in which they became ill. This attitude has been reflected in the establishment of day hospitals and psychiatric units in general hosp...